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Comments on Ask MetaFilter post Is there a text version of Thoreau's Jornal? (the entire journal)Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:26:01 -0800Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:52:30 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60Question: Is there a text version of Thoreau&apos;s Jornal? (the entire journal)http://ask.metafilter.com/235779/Is-there-a-text-version-of-Thoreaus-Jornal-the-entire-journal
Walden.org offers his complete journal <a href="http://www.walden.org/Library/The_Writings_of_Henry_David_Thoreau:_The_Digital_Collection/Journal">as PDFs</a>, which I'm reading, but the scans are terrible and it is hard to slog through them. I have googled and amazoned looking for better versions without luck. I can find excellent quality examples of selected items, but I'm looking for the entire thing, all 14 volumes for my ereader.post:ask.metafilter.com,2013:site.235779Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:26:01 -0800greggThoreauJournalCompleteBy: davemackhttp://ask.metafilter.com/235779/Is-there-a-text-version-of-Thoreaus-Jornal-the-entire-journal#3416710
This probably contains what you need (but again they're unattractive PDFs): <a href="http://thoreau.library.ucsb.edu/writings_journals.html">http://thoreau.library.ucsb.edu/writings_journals.html</a>comment:ask.metafilter.com,2013:site.235779-3416710Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:52:30 -0800davemackBy: exogenoushttp://ask.metafilter.com/235779/Is-there-a-text-version-of-Thoreaus-Jornal-the-entire-journal#3416808
You might try batch converting the PDFs to epub or other suitable format, though the results will almost certainly be imperfect without some manual touching up. The mobileread forums could offer some help -<a href="http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32185"> here's a thread with some relevant discussion</a>.comment:ask.metafilter.com,2013:site.235779-3416808Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:01:12 -0800exogenousBy: wnissenhttp://ask.metafilter.com/235779/Is-there-a-text-version-of-Thoreaus-Jornal-the-entire-journal#3417847
Google Books has a <a href="http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000006205805;seq=5;view=1up;num=iii">1949 edition</a> that you can download if (big if) you have a partner login at Hathi Trust. <br>
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Apparently you can <a href="http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/suggestformtips.html">submit titles for consideration for Project Gutenberg</a>, and the originals are clearly in the public domain. Honestly, I'm surprised it's not there already.comment:ask.metafilter.com,2013:site.235779-3417847Sat, 23 Feb 2013 03:14:36 -0800wnissen